THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, ' JAOTARY 15, 1390. J". Inspector McCutcheon Watch ing Chicago Cattle. DISEASED MEAT KEPT OUT. Dr. HcChesney Condemns Windy City Stock as Kot Fit to Eat. MB. JL'CDTCHEON IS SUSTAINED. George McCutcheon, Meat and Milk In spector, has been for some time in receipt of congratulatory letters on his clearing the markets of Pittsburg of diseased meat. His Tar upon the "lump-jaw" cattle sent here irom Chicago is regarded as the best move in the Public Health Bureau made since thenew charter went into existence. Some 15,000 head of cattle have been inspected within two days, and only one case ot lump- jaw was discovered, showing that the deter mined stand taken by Inspector McCutcheon last year was productive of the best results. "With regard to the milk question, Tie has made within three weeks 277 tests, and only found eight that did not come up to the re quirements of the lactometer and the pub lic This he accounts for by the stand he tcok against skimmed milk and watered cow juice about a year ago, when he brought uit against some of the leading dairymen of the county. Inspector McCutcheon still says that just as good milk can be obtained in the city from cows which are stall-fed as from the so-called creamery farms, the owners of which are too anxious to churn their cream into golden butter. The cows which get exercise and are sent out during the grazing season lor fresh fodder gives much better milk, he says, for infants or invalids, than the so called country cows, whose product is agi tated by long railroad trips and made unfit to administer to weak stomachs. KEPT HIM POSTED. Inspector McCutcheon, who started the first fight against the lump-jawed cattle and the diseased meat generally shipped from Chicago to other cities, disguised in tin overcoats as corned beef, or in sealskin wrappers as sausages of every class, has been kept posted pretty thoroughly by the Chi cago people on the status of the cattle trade in the city that wants the World's Pair. The Inspector shows the state of affairs as at present existing in Chicago, and the debates that occur in the city at the foot of Lake Michigan, on the very evil which was over thrown by his fight against lump-Jawed cattle for food, although opposed by home butchers who used the Chicago dressed meat, and by the capital of the producers of the dressed meat. Some extracts are given from a letter ad dressed by H. C. McChesney, of the Illi nois State Board of Live Stock Commission ers, to Dr. Wickersham, Health Commis sioner of Chicago, and consequently all Cook county, which will give an idea of how the diseased meat question still rankles after Pittsburg stirred it up: Doctor, yen will excuse me If 1 comment just a little bit on portions ot your interview pub lished in the press of December 31 regarding diseased meat put on or attempted to be placed lor sale on the market by tbe State Board of Live Stock Commissioners; also upon tbe man ner In which yon and the inspectors tinder your charge bare discharged tbe responsible dnties of your office, but more particularly your trusty chief. Matt Lamb. Your declaration that none nut healthy meat should be sold for consump tion, even if you have to call on the police force, shows the fact that yon feel as you ought to for tbe safety of tbe public, and tbe warmth with which you express yourself, eliminatinc the theatrical part, tbe sawing of the air with your arms and pounding your right fist into the palm of your left hand carries conviction to the minds of all that no slaughterer will deal In other than healthy cattle. LAMB IN CHABGE. You say that upon receipt ot tbe first rumor that diseased cattle were being sent in you sent Lamb to tbe yards and put him in charge. In charge of what, doctor? You should be more specific so people will understand you. You say that half a dozen attempts hare been made to remove him; and immediately after the failure of such attempts lumpy-jawed cat tle were received there. Received whereT doc tor. The cattle you complain of were un loaded at the slaughter house on Sunday morn ings and were immediately slaughtered. Where was your trusty man, Matt Lamb; He knows that many cattle are slaughtered on the Sabbath. "Why did be neglect his duty? Doc tor, it was because of the failure of tbe health department of the city of Chicago to properly discharge its duty that the State Board ofOjivo Stock Commissioners was forced to order the Stte veterinarian and his assistants to visit all distillery cattle sheds in tbe State and place in quarantine all cattle affected with aennomy kosis. I believe you to be a thoronhlv honest man, desirous of discharging your full duty to the people, and regret exceedingly to And you placed in this awkward position by your trusty man Lamb. If it is true that the principal is responsible for tbe acts of bis agents X find you will bare to hare tbe carcasses of 92 cattle, af fected with one of the most dangerous bovine diseases communicable to mankind, placed on tbe market to be sold for human food. That a man having 16jears' experience in the inspec tion of cattle at slaughter houses should out of 109 diseased cattle pass 92 as healthy can only be accounted for on the ground that he is a scoundrel or a fool. A BOAST OX LAMB. Months since, forgood and sufficient reasons, the State Board ordered the stock yards com pany to pass no lumpy-jawed cattle out of the yards on the certificate of Matt Lamb, and re cent acts make it necessary to include in the order all employes of the health department stationed at tbe stock yards. During the many years your trusty man, .Matt Lamb, has served as Health Inspector at the slaughtering estab lishments In this city, thousands of cattle affected with that dread disease hare been driven from the stock yards, slaughtered, and their carcasses sold on the market for human xooa. neither you, tne public, nor I will ever know bow many people found untimely graves by eating that diseased meat, but we can know how many carcasses were condemned by an ex amination of Lamb's reports, now on file in your office, and the public has a right to de mand of you that information. TJiis was the state of affairs discovered by Inspector McCutcheon when he visited the Chicago stock yards, and which is to-day as bad as it was then, with the exception that no shipments are made to Pittsburg of dis eased meat. The Inspector says that when doctors differ, no'coinmon, ordinary cowboy ought to interfere, especially as they prove him to be in the right, and to keep Pitts burg markets clear of diseased food. Inspector Lamb referred to above, is the citizen who came on to Pittsburg at the time Inspector McCntcheon made his fam ous fight against Chicago dressed meat. At that time he declared no lump-jawed cattle were shipped Irom that city. JOHN M.EELLT CENSURED. I A. 1030 Pan Resolution. Condemnatory of II! Attacks on Boss. At a meeting of L. A. 1030, Machinery Molders, K. of L., last evening, the follow ing resolutions were passed; Resolved, That we, the members of 103U, Knights of Labor, in regular session assembled, do thoroughly condemn the articles published In tbe Commoner and Glatsworker,ot the dates of January tbe 4th and 11th, reflectingupon our Master Workman, as unwarranted, malicious and cowardly slanders; and, further, be it Resolved, That wo consider J. M. Kelly an enemy to the K. of L. and labor organizations In general; and, further, be it Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be given to our representative to tbe D. A., to be delivered to that body at its next meeting, and a copy sent to the General Executive Board. McKeport' Postmaster. A gentleman ot McKeesport received yes terday a letter from Senator Quay, in which that gentleman said that be would sot At tempt to prevent the appointment ot Con gressman Bay's candidate for Postmaster. That candidate is Captain W. E. Thompson. CEHTRAL BOARD DOINGS. Tho Educational Magnates Discuss Matters of Great Interest to Taxpayers A BnL nnce in the School Treasury Strong W. C T. U. Talk Indulged In. The regular meeting of the Central Board of Education was held last evening. The report of the Committee on Finance was presented and adopted without dissent. The report showed a balance in the boards ap propriation December 10, 1889. of 590,325. The disbursements since were: Teachers' salaries, 535,981 50; officers' salaries.5558 32; ianitors' salaries. 5155; miscellaneous bills, 5194 13; total, 536,838 95. Balance in appropriation, 553,180 19. Balance in Diamond National Bank, 512,038 84. They recommended the adoption of a resolution authorizing the Secretary to credit the City Treasurer's account with 511,829, the differ ence between the amount of the appropria tion for the present fiscal year as fixed by this board, 5384,304, and tbe amount granted by Councils, 5372,475. Deferring to the course of Councils in cutting down the last appropriation, the committee said: Tbe act of Assembly gives this board the power to determine the amount necessary to meet its expenses, and makes it mandatory on Councils to appropriate the amount certified. Tho estimate of the expenses for tbe fiscal year commencing February 1, 1890, herewith sub mitted, has been carefully prepared, and tbe appropriation asked for is absolutely necessary to meet the expenses of the year, and we sug gest mat at tne reorganization oi mis ooaro, a committee be appointed aod given power to compel tbe observance of the law relating to school appropriations. The estimate of next year's expenses, for which the appropriation is asked, is: Cen tral Board, 58,130; High School, 56,400; Normal School, 51,285; teachers' salaries, 535.000; music, 53,000; evening schools, 54,500; school kitchen. 51,250. Total, 5399,565. Besolutions were also recommended for leasing the present quarters of the Central Board for two more years and setting apart the funds in the Diamond National Bank to provide additional High School room. The report was approved entire. A certificate was received from Secretary Page, of the School Board of the Liberty sub-schonl district of the Twentieth ward, to the effect that Cyrus S. Gray had been elected the representative from that board to fill out the unexpired term ofW.-J. Dichl, resigned. A request was received asking for 20 nitrhts additional night school this season. but it was refused, owing to the cnt by Councils of the appropriation. The report of the City Superintendent for December showed that during the month there were 26,126 pupils enrolled in the schools. Tbe average attendance for the month was 22,874. P0E THE BISHOP'S 60UL. The Month's Mind Celebrated In Honor of the Late Bishop Tuigg. The Month's mind, or funeral mass, for the repose of the soul of tbe late Et. Bev. Bishop Tuigg, was celebrated yesterday morning in St Panl's Cathedral. The front of the altar and the large candlesticks were draped in black. In the center of the sanctuary stood a catafalque, representing the entombment of the deceased prelate. The ceremony was attended by three bishops, a monsignor and 130 priests. Bev. Fathers Farren, of Cambria City, and C. V. Neeson, of this city, intoned the office of the dead. The mass was celebrated by Bishop Phelan, Father "Wall, of the Cathedral, was the assistant priest. Fathers Kearney and Carroll the deacons of honor, Father Gal lagher deacon and Father O'Reilly sub deacon. Father Conwav was master of ceremonies, and Father Canevin his as sistant The sermon was preached by Bishop McGovern, of Harrisburg. A VIRGINIA MILL. Flttsbnrsers Preparing to Operate a Large Plate In the Old Dominion. Mr. Joseph D. Weeks is interested in a large iron and steel plant which is being prepared for operation in western "Virginia. It was expected that the plant would be started this week. Mr. Weeks said yester day that delay had been caused by the building of the boilers, and that the mill would not begin operations until about the middle of February. The mill is located at Iron Gate, not far from Clifton Forge, at the base of the Alle gheny Mountains. It covers a plot of ground 400 by 130 feet, there being, in ad dition, two boiler houses and an open hearth house. The mill will use pig iron from the "Virginia mountains, getting it pig from five lurnaces in the immediate neigh borhood. It will manufacture merchant iron and steel, steel plate, cotton hoop iron and other iron and steel commodities. About 600 men will be employed. SON-PARTISAN WORKERS. Allegheny County Representatives Depart for tbo Conference at Philadelphia. Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, Mrs. Ellen M. Watson and Mrs. H. C. Campbell departed last evening on the fast line for Philadel phia. They have gone to represent Alle gheny connty at the State conference of the non-partisan branch of tbe Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union, which will take place in Philadelphia to-morrow and Friday. The idea of the conference is to form a State organization upon the original basis of the W. C. T. TJ., which shall have nothing whatever to do with the Prohibition party. Seventeen counties have accredited delegates to the conference. Thewifeof Judge Harry White, of Indiana county, will probably be elected Chairman for the State. THOSE BANK OFFICERS. A Report Tlmt They Hare Been Appointed Couldn't be Verified. There is a report out in Lawrenceville that the officers of the new bank had been chosen. The report could not be verified because the reported President, Colonel Morgan, was not at home. Considerable dissatisfaction is rite in the neighborhood about the apparent inactivity of the movers in the new concern. The want of an insti tution for money purposes is sadly needed. So far away are banks irom the Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards that people are forced to keep their money at home. This they don't relish, their money not being so secure or remunerative as it would be if it was in a bank. MISCHIEVOUS B0IS. Bad Feeling and Rivnlry Gets Them Into tbe Law's Hands. James Snyder, foreman of McCully's glasshouse, Twenty-eighth street made an information before Alderman Warner, charging E. Woods, J. Klllgollen, J. Tynery, J. Shaw and William Grimes with malicious mischief. The defendants are boys, 1G years of age, and work at Hamil ton's glasshouse. Considerable rivalry exists between the boys ot the two glass houses. Tne defendants vented their dis pleasure on the McCully boys by throwing stones at them through the glasshouse windows. Allegheny Fands Fall. The appropriations for the expense of the Health, Police and Street Departments of Allegheny, for the year ending with Feb ruary, have fallen short, and employes of those departments will be unable to obtain their pay until the end ot March. A meet ing of the Finance Committee will be held this week to consider the shortage in the Police department and attempt relief. Cnatom Honse Statistics Show 2,451,604 cases of champagne were im ported during the last decade, of which over one-fourth was 'G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry." There importation during that period was over 200,000 cases more thin any other brand, indicating its popularity. STAYTON FOE MATOfi. The Allegheny Democrat Was Nomi nated Without Opposition. AN ENTHUSIASTIC CONTENTION. The Party is Pledged to Give Him Its Un divided Support. liAMES OP REPUBLICAN C0KTESTAKTS Isaac E. Stayton, Common Councilman of the Eleventh ward, Allegheny, was nominated last evening for Mayor, The nomination was made unanimous by accla mation, there being not one dissenting voice in the convention. He has started his ball rolling early in the campaign, and his friends say he will make things lively for the Bepublican candidate, who has not yet been nominated. The convention of the Allegheny City Democratic Committee was held in the Council chamber. There was a large turn out, and at every mention of the name Stayton there was a wild outburst of en thusiasm. John Huckenstein, the old Dem ocratic sidewheeler and Chairman of the City Committee, occupied the chair, and George E.'Sbepard was Secretary. Alter the call of the Toll and the reception of credentials, the convention got down to act ual business. Hugh Boney nominated Mr. Stayton in a neat little speech, and as there was no opposition, he was nominated by acclamation. Some one in the room pro posed a cheer, and for a few minutes the volume oi sound that vibrated through the building caused manv people to stop on Federal and Ohio streets and wonder whether they were listening to wild men or not. After the cheering had subsided Mr. Stayton was called upon for a speech. Upon mounting the platform he addressed the convention as follows: APPKECIATED THE HONOR. "Language is inadequate to express the high appreciation I have of the honor done me naming me as the standard bearer of the Democratic party in the Mayoralty con test It is said that it is worthy of any citizen to have an ambition to become Mayor of such a prosperous city as Allegheny. I trust you will not snspect me oi being too ambitious in the matter. I do not believe that I sought to thrust myself on yon, but rather had a desire to feel tbe sentiment of the people before taking the position I have now assumed. I feel proud of the honor, and return many thanks. I will consider myself under obligations to conduct an honest and straightforward canvass for the election of the ticket which you have cbosen. Every good citizen who has a desire for good and honest municipal government will be called upon to support that ticket I will exert every legitimate effort to win and will do everything in my power for the suc cess of your nominees. "The contest cannot be won by a strict party vote. We must go outside and per suade the good citizens to vote the ticket To do this we will pledge them, good gov ernment for the people, and not for an in dividual. I do not want to take up your time now discussing the matter, but will do eo at a future date. Let me beg of you, one and all, to interest every voter in the city. In the parlance ot warfare, see that every gun along the line is manned. When the silent battle of the ballot is over, and if it is found that the Democratic ticket is the one chosen by the people, I promise to enter upon the duties witn the sincere intention of contributing to the, safety and the pros perity of the city." At the conclusion of the speech there was another outburst of applause. COMPLIMENTABr RESOLUTIONS. The following resolution was offered by Mr. John L. Sullivan, of Woods' Kun,,and adopted: Resolved, That we earnestly recommend the support of Mr. Isaac R. Stayton, the candidate this day nominated for Mayor, to the Demo cratic aud Independent voters of the city of .Ajiegneny. We do so on tbe ground that his Ion;; con nection with tbe Legislative branch of the city Qovcmment has made him thoroughly famil iar with all its departments, while his high character as an upright and energetic business man will insure a careful and impartial dis charge of tbe duties of tbe important office for which be has been named. His career in posi tions of such trust is in keepingwlth his honor able record as a gallant soldier under McClel Ian, Grant and Sheridan. The chairman was authorized to appoint a campaign committee to assist himself and the City Committee in conducting the cam paign. A resolution was adopted to appoint a Campaign Committee, consisting of one man from each ward to work in conjunction with the City Committee to stir up the voters to work for the success of the ticket. There are four candidates in the field for the Bepublican nomination. They are James G. Wyman, William Bader, W. A. Cruikshank and James Semple. BOOMING CRUIKSHANK. HI Supporters for Mayor Held a Sleeting In iho Sixth Ward. A meeting of Candidate Crnikshank's supporters in the Sixth ward, Allegheny, was held last night Speeches were made by Mr. Thomas Fields, Captain Nellis and others. The William A. Cruikshank Drum Corp were present, and enlivened the meet ing with some choice music. THE PEISON S0CIETL They Think It Bnd Policy to Send Young Boys to Jail. The annual meeting of the Allegheny County Prison Society was held yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the T. M. C. A. The reports of tbe various.committees were Heard and adopted. Treasurer J. D. Car lisle reported the financial status of the society and Bev. E. BDonehoo reported for the Committee on Penitentiary. The following were appointed to conduct re ligious services at the county jail through out the year: January. Bev. J. L. Milligan; February. Her. E. R. Doneboo: March, Kev. J. G. Cameron; April. J. R. Reed; May. J. W. Neelv. M. D.; June, Robert Marshall: July, Rev. David Jones; August, Captain S. L. Fullwood: (September, J. D. Carlisle; October, E. P. Cowan, D. D.; No vember, C. L. Rose; December, J. W. MFar land. An election for new members being held, the following were declared elected: Rev. J. G. Cameron, Rev. D. F. McGill, Prof. Mar tin, Dr. J. Guy McCandless, George P. Letsche, Florence Miller, J. W. McFar land, Prof. W. 13. Slack and Harry Wester velt The Visiting Committee to the peniten tiary for the ensuing year will be Kev. E. B. Donehoo, John A. Caughey, Captain S. L. Fullwood and Charles Arbuthnot. To the workhouse, C. L. Rose, J. D. Carlisle and J. W. Ncely, M. D. To the Central station, Robert Marshall and B. C. Miller. The election of officers fcr the ensuing year resulted in the re-election of Kev. J. Ii. Milligan as President; Kev. E. R. Don ehoo, Vice President; R. C Miller, Secre tary, and J. D. Carlisle, Treasurer. There was a short disenssion also on proper' methods of dealing with prisoners. An effort will be made looking to the abatement of the practice of sending small bovs to prisons, as it is considered a deplor able one. Kev. J. L. Milligan was elected the dele gate of the society, to attend the meeting of the National Prison Association, which will be held in New Tork City in February. Struck by a Car. Edward Hainey, a well-known resident of the Eleventh ward, went out riding yester day in s buggy. The occupant of the vehicle narrowly escaped with his life. While Hainey was crossing Eleventh street a Penn avenue car struck the buggy, smashing it and throwing him ont against the curbstone. 0DT OP DEBT. Oliver Bros. & Phillips and tbe Oliver & Roberts Wire Co. Send n Circular to Creditors Ready to Pay All Thev Owe. It will be gratifying to the friends of the firms of Oliver Bros. & Phillips and tbe Oliver & Eoberts Wire Company to know that they are now out of debt They will pay on February 1 the last of their indebt edness with interest The story of the firms' failure is already known, and their rapid recovery speaks well for their integrity, and is a compliment to theirbnsiness ability. Yesterday the firm sent out the following letter to their creditors, which is gratifying in the extreme: Pittsburg, January 14, 189a Five years ago to-day, we were compelled to inform our creditors that we were unable to meet our obligations as they matured, and to ask tbem for an extension. We then promised that If time were given, and tbe manage ment of our property and business left in our own hands, we would pay one hundred cents f orevery dollar we owed, with 8 per cent inter est. We are now ready to fulfill that promise, and bee to advise you that tbe notes for the last installment of our extension indebtedness, principal and interest, will be paid when due on the first day of February next. We think this a fitting time for us to express our appreciation of the liberal treatment we received at the hands of those to whom we were indebted, and tbe many expressions of confidence tendored us in the time of our trouble. We are as proud of having justified tbe expections of our friends, as we are of tho redemption of our promises and the preserva tion of our good name. Oliver Bros. & Phillips. Oliver & Roberts Wire Co., Ltk. C0HS0LIDATI0N FAT0EED. Junior and Senior Mechanic Delcgntcs Be lieve Ther Should Unite. Seventy-five delegates representing the Junior and Senior Orders of United Ameri can Mechanics met in Moorhead's Hall to further consider the question of consolida tion. Letters were received from 68 coun cils, and onlv 8 offered objections. A series of resolutions favoring consoli dation were passed. It was claimed the aims of the organizations are about the same, and their interests could best be sub served by combining. The convention favored one national council, and each dele gate was asked to assist in inducing the representative of his council to the State convention to urge the adoption of such a union. A request will be made on the National Council to submit the question to a vote of the councils. Dr. B. A. Walker, of Westmoreland county, was appointed to represent the Senior order, and Edward Pastorius the Junior order at the next meeting ot the State Councils, and they will present the resolutions adopted yesterday. The Committee on Besolutions consbts of 6. S. Davis, Bev. M. G. Potter, A. B. Fox, Dr. H. E. Campbell, H. C. Abbott and W. P. Lang. The convention then adjourned. HAD CRObSED THE CENTURY USE. Mrs. Harv Pnncoost Dies Snrronnded by Five Generations of Descendants. At the ripe age of 101 years and 13 days, Mrs. Mary Pancoast, of Elizabeth, died last Saturday. She aws born in New Jersey in 1789, and was married when 16 years oi age. Her husband fought in the War of 1812. The couple soon after the war migrated to Elizabeth, in this county. Mr. Pancoast died in 1842, his wife remaining a widow until her death. She was the mother of 9 children, grand mother of 78, great-grandmother of 132 chil dren and great-great-grandmother of 41 chil dren. Although she could look back upon five generations, she was not enfeebled by old age, but did much of the family housework. She was passionately fond of floiccrs, and only last summer she appeared in the gar den and made flower-beds. The funeral took place on Monday last, and was largely attended. Mrs. Pancoast was widely known and greatly esteemed. APPEOPEIATIOJfS EXHAUSTED, Bat Treasurer Dennlston lias a Plan to Prevent Delay. Major J. F. Denniston, City Treasurer, yesterday concluded an arrangement with the banks which are depositaries of the municipal funds by which he will be able to provide the necessary running expenses until March, when the treasury will be repleted. At present, he says, the appropria tions are all nearly exhausted, except the sinking fund, and the cost of running the city business between now and March will be about 250,000, which will be needed for salaries, etc. The method agreed upon between the Treasurer and the banks is for him to draw by personal check as the money is required, retain the warrants as they are handed in, and instead ot cancelling them, deposit them in the various banks as vouchers, taking up the check previously made. This idea is to secure the convenience of city employes and prevent their having to wait over two months for their pay. K0 0PFEE MADE. Wilklnsbnrg Children Stay Use the Parochial School. The rumor that Father A. A. Lambing had tendered the Wilkinsburg School Com mittee the use of the parochial school build ing, was denied by him yesterday afternoon. He said he had no authority to offer the use of the church property, but he had no doubt that it would be tendered after a consulta tion with Bishop Phelan. The School Commissioners are making a decided effort to get suitable rooms in which the little ones mav continue their studies until the new building, which will be com menced at once, is completed. The 17. B. Church. Methodist, Presbvterian and St. Stephen's Mission Churches will in all prob ability welcome the pupils into their sanc tuaries, and tbe Parochial building will make two good schoolrooms. BAKE DIEECT0ES. A Fight Was Blade Against Alderman Sac cop, bnt Ho Won. At a meeting of the shareholders, yester day, of the German Savings and Deposit Bank, Fourteenth and Carson streets, the following directors were elected: Frederick Maul, Adam Franz, Bernhard Krugh, Ferdinand Bentz, Joseph Ploger, Jacob Roth, Andrew Popp, John 13. Lutz, Lewis Has zelbartb, C. E. Succop, Aldcrmau; A Krut, J. P. Walter, Henry Miller. There were 14 candidates for the 13 direct orships, John Frederick being the defeated one. Alderman Succop ran independently of the regular ticket. A fight was made on the alderman, but he was successful. DISAGREEING JDEIES. Mr. Ferguson Bays lie Never Encountered So Many as In 1SS9. J. S. Ferguson, Esq., states that in all his previous practice he never encountered so many disagreeing juries as during the past year. Mr. Ferguson spoke as thongh he thought the times were out of joint, but some people think it an evidence of jury reform, possi bly at least, they think it may be. possible that a juror who would refuse to agree to an unjust verdict in order to make a train or get his dinner on time is an improvement on some who have done duty in the past five years. YESTERDAY'S VERDICTS. An Accidental Death and One Through a Foreman's Negligence. A verdict of accidental death was rendered yesterday in the case of Mary Hookman, killed on' Monday morning by Frank Klein's wagon. The ina nest on Michael Crieza. killed on the B. & O. road, resulted in a verdict of 1 death through negligence of the foreman. J WOMEN AS YQTERS. Mrs. Laura N. Johns Defends Their . Eight to Cast the Ballot. POLITICS ELEVATED AND PURER. Some Facts About the Ladies as Office Holders in the West. IHEI MAKE GOOD JUDGES AUD 1IAT0ES When Mrs. Laura N. Johns, of Kansas, stepped upon the rostrum of the lecture room connected with the Sandusky Street (Allegheny) Baptist Church, she faced an audience almost wholly composed of her sex. There were some men there. They were utilized to furnish the hats and rush the collection. Mrs. Johns is a bright little woman in whose raven black hair there are some sil very threads. She is a rapid and pleasing talker, nnd filled her subject with so much enthusiasm that at the close of her address she had enlisted everyone of the ladies under the banner of woman suffrage. Mrs. Johns in her lecture traced the woman suffrage movement from the time when Plato announced to the world his be lief in the equality or the sexes down to the present day. Speaking of the movement in the West she said that it was owing to the fact that the women of Washington Territory voted so strongly in favor of moral men that the right of suffrage was taken from them. - BAD PEOPLE CAME IN. This right had been granted to them by statute. When the territory began to fill up with foreigners, native blacklegs, gamblers and others of that elk, this statute Became unpopular to tne vicious element. In a Congressional election tbe Kepnblican party placed before the people a candidate whose moral character was not of the high est. Voorhees, a sou of the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, was placed in nomination by the Democrats. The women unanimously supported him and he was elected. A local option law came up shortly thereafter, fathered by the Republicans and opposed by the Democrats. The women supported this law. When Statehood was broached the women were without a partv, and the statute giving them the right of suffrage was stricken from the Constitution. In Wyoming the women have gone to the polls with their little ballots for 20 years. The statute is so fixed in the Constitution of tbe Territory that women are assured that when Wyoming is admitted to the sister hood of States their rights will not be taken from them. In Kansas the result of female suffrage has been most successful. In five cities women have been elected to the office of Mavoress. Over 200 women are members of various School Boards, and in several cities the Conncils are wholly composed of women. A WOMAK AS JUDGE. In one town a woman officiates as a police judge. The women of Kansas are not in favor of a city government composed wholly of women. They prefer that it should be equal. The men of Kansas are now much more in favor of the movement than they were before the right of franchise was given to the other sex. One result of the movement in Kansas and other States where women have the glorious privilege of marching to the polls is that it has elevated their minds. Women, instead of disenssing Mrs. Thing umbob's last dress, which was so loud that it kept her husband awake o' nights, now talk of silver coinage, the probabilities of Graver Cleveland's candidacy in '92. the impropriety of President Harrison's shoot ing hogs on a duck hunting expedition, and other topics calculated to place them on a level with their husbands. The women at the polling places are treat ed with the greatest respect by the male voters, and they are well satisfied with the result of the experiment. In conclusion Mrs. Johns stated her firm, belief that the cause she represented would' go on until every womanly woman under the flag would be armed with the ballot. BRANCHING OUT. The Allegheny Valley Will Balld a New Bridge Constructing Works at Terona Tbe Sudden Death of Superintendent Levrls Deeply Regretted. The Allegheny Valley Railroad Com pany is going to build a fine bridge con structing shop at Verona. The land adjoin ing their shops has been, purchased, and upon this ground a large shop will be erected. It will be fitted out with all kinds of improved machinery lor construct ing bridges. For some time' past the Valley had their bridge works located in Oil City, but they found it inconvenient to have the shops separated, so they decided to build a commodious building at Verona. When the shop is built and fitted up it will be the mest complete of its kind in the country. Bridge constructing on the Valley road has become quite a feature in the business of the road. Between Pittsburg and Oil City the railroad people are going to strengthen the bridges, and this department will be watched very closely. A most distressing circumstance happened yesterday in connectien with the transfer of the bridge shop from Oil City to Verona. Mr. E. Lewis, who was lately appointed to the position of Superintendent of the bridge constructing works, came to Verona from Oil City to lay out the plans for the new shops. While standing on the banK of an engine pit he suddenly fell backward into the pit. The accident was not thought to be serious. Mr. Lewis was picked up and he walked to the cars to return home. When he was on his way home he gave a sudden gasp and expired. Snperintendent Lewis was universally respected on the road. He was zealous, earnest, affable and was endowed with fine mechanical abilities. His early demise is deeply regretted by the officers and men. WILLING TO COME IN. Reserve Toimshlp Peoplo Anxious to Cast Their Iiot With Allegheny. Tired of mud and city discomforts with out attendant benefits, a strip of Reserve township, bordering on the Allegheny City line, wants to get in, and it appears that "Barkis is willln'," as a considerable num ber of our Northside neighbors want their population swelled to 100,000 so as to be come a city of the second class. The peti tioners, who are chaperoned by Common Council Amerlicfa, of the Seventh ward, will add COO to Allegheny's population, and as tbe section wanting in is compact it will not cost much to extend water, police and electric light to it. SOLEMN F0NEEAL SEETICE. Mrs. Manse!, WIfo of the M. K. Pastor of aicKeesport. Burlrd Yeiterday. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Dr. Mansell were conducted in the First McKeesport M. Fj, Church. Seventy five ministers weTe present Elder Miles condncted theburial service. The church was crowded with sorrowing friends. Many beautiful flowers were sent to the home of the deceased, which were placed upon the casket, completely covering it Ready to Begin. The new National bank ot Lawrenceville will be located at 3423 Butler street tempo rarily. The property was leased yesterday by the Incorporators of the bank from Mr. Thomas McCaffrey. It is the intention of tbe stockholders to build a commodious office near the forks of the road shortly. Among the incorporators of the bank are Judge Mellon, one of his sons, and Samnel MoKee. A FINE EXHIBITION Given by the Microscopical Society A Union of Scientific Organization Not Favored, bnt an Academy Is Some Cariosities. The meeting of the Iron City Microscop ical Society in the ladies' parlor of the Pitts burg Library, last night, was more than usu ally interesting, although the entire pro gramme was not given, Dn T. L. Hazzard's paper on "The Blood" not being forthcom ing. There was a fine microscopical display of blood corpuscles, human and reptilian, however, so that the blood exhibit was not a a failure even in Dr. Hazzard's absence, and in addition Mr. C. C. Mellor read a sketch of the life of Leeuwenhock, a blooded gentleman of the seventeenth cen tury, who not only distinguished himself by becoming one of the most eminent scientists this world has ever produced, but who worked his way to the summit of fame with out much preliminary education to speak of, and by the aid of microscopes that wonld appear very crnde to-day. Mr. Leeuwen hock learned some things about blood that Harvey didn't. Mr. W. J. Prentice exhibited an extens ive array of specimens of marine inverte brate animals collected by him at Wood's Holl, Mass., last summer. Laying aside technical nomenclature, the collection con sisted of the thorn-backed ray of the skate family; radiata, or star fish, or more com monly known as the five-fingered Jack; sea urchins, periwinkle shells, inhabited by the hermit crab; se.i cucumbers, jaws and tail of tbe horned shark, butter- nsh, golden claralata, sponges, sauids and their eggs, lobster eggs, some of them par tially hatched; sea spiders, creatures ap parently all legs; nymphonida, egg purses of the ray, stratified ' sands and clays of Gay Head, deposited at an angle of 45 degrees and eggs of the conch gotten from tbe Elizabeth Islands, off the coast of Massachusetts. Mr. Prentice carries with him pleasant memories of the old decayed seaport towns of Massachusetts, which have a flavor of the seventeenth century. The Elizabeth Islands, which are known there more familiarly by their own names, are favorite haunts of sea gulls, whose eggs are gathered by the ton and eaten. One of the islands is still in habited by Indians, and they haul travelers on ox carts. Iu the exhibit of blood corpuscles was one by Herbert Walker, of the menoponia Allegheniensis, or hell-bender, as fishermen call it, a sort of lizard, or diminutive alli gator. Mr. C. G. Milnor had several slides in exhibit of human blood corpuscles, Mr. C. C. Mellor, petrified coral, and Mr. J. H. McKoberts exhibited human flesh that had fallen a victim to the trichina;. Though the specimens have somewhat shrivelled by the alcohol in which they were preserved the utterly dep-aved and ferocious charac- ter of the parasite could easily be gathered from its appearance even when in liquor." Mr. C. C. Meller, from the Committee on Federation, reported a plan of union and of the various scientific societies of the city, and it was that a federation was not practi cable, but that an. academy of art and sciences had been decided upon, a charter prepared and now awaiting signatures. The object was to secure a suitable building as a home for all the societies at a cost that would not be oppressive, where zoological, geological and other collections that had been offered could be stored with safety, a lecture room provided, library, curiosities, etc. Each society is to preserve its auton omy. Mr. C. G. Milnor advocated the adoption of the report, stating that he wa3 ashamed to leel that a city ot tne size and wealth of Pittsburg was not better provided in this respect, especially ashamed since what he had seen in Buffalo. The report was in dorsed. HIS WILL PE0BATED. Hair His Rovcronce. Bishop Tnlgg, Be qneatfaod His EITects. In New York yesterday the will of Bishop Tuigg was filed and it directs the executor Kt Rev. John Tuigg, of Pittsburg, who is a brother of the deceased, to pay $300 for masses for the repose of the deceased's soul, to give his clothing to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, his jewelry to his nephew, Bev. Patrick J. Tuigg. and the residue of his estate to the Mother Superior of the Sfsters of Charity of the diocese of Pittsburg. The will was executed Jnne 16, 1887. LTJMBEEMEN TO MEET And Arrange to Go to Dayton for the Meeting of Ibe Association. A special meeting of the lumber and planing mill firms of Allegheny county will he held at the Builders'' Exchange, Ninth and Liberty, on the 16th inst, at 720 o'clock P. M., to make arrangements to at tend the annual meeting of the TJnited States Lumber Dealers' Association, at Dayton, O., on the 21st and 22d inst Noti fication of intention to be present should be made to Secretary G. L. Walter. Petrolenm Producers. Hoffman & Co.'s well, Butler connty, is doing 35 barrels; Campbell & Co.'s well, on the Marshall farm, is a 40-barreler; the Robert Hays is making 10 barrels a day from the 100 foot In the Washington field tbe S. P. Fergus Company's well on the Lemoyne farm is close to sand; Brown & Agcew's No. 1 is doing 140, and Big John 125 barrels a day. An old well, the Barlow Sharp, is doing well after being shot with ten quarts. The Watch Is Ready. A man informed the police yesterday that a friend had been robbed of a watch in a house near the foot of Liberty street The watch is at Central station, having been sent there from the house in question. It was found on the floor. DO YOU WANT A CHEAP PLUSH WRAP Yoa Mast Come to The People's Store Then. Pluih jackets $6 60, $7, $9, JU. Plush capes, which were f22, are now fl5. Plush Modjeskas $10, $12 and $15. Plush sacqnes $17 50, $19, $23, $30 and $40. Plush newmarkets $30 and $43 to close. Campbell & Dick. Mark Downs In the Cloak Room. We have "cut" prices away down say to one-half on heavy newmarkets, ulsters and circulars. Finest goods suffer the most So come now to get genuine bargains. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. THE CHEAPEST CLOTH WRAPS Are at the Beople's Store. Cloth newmarkets, double sleeves, $10. A good article can be had as low as $5. Cloth jackets from $2 up to $20. Campbell & Dick. Special Hall-Price Sale In Oar Cloak Room On our entire stock of winter long garments Newmarkets from $5 up come and see. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. The grip can only be prevented from en-' tering your home by keeping the tempera ture at a comfortable degree in the house, and tbis can be done without fear of being ruined financially by the gas meter by using the Anderson Burner. 82 Fourth avenue. wssu Take no chances with health. Insist upon having tbe purest drinks. D. Lutz & Sons' ale, porter and beer are made of the choicest materials. Office and brewery cor. Chestnut street and Spring Garden ave., Allegheny. srwr T The old established firm of Z. Wain wright & Co. are maintaining their high po sition in public favor as brewers of the best and purest ale and porter. All best dealers keep them. trsa EEASOSS FOE EESIGN1NQ. Father Larablag Shakes Up the Historical Society. Father A. A. Lambing, of Wilklnsbnrg, was approached yesterday afternoon by a Dispatch reporter regarding his recent resignation as Secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society. In reply to a question as to whether or not he had tendered his resignation, he said: "Most assuredly I have, bnt they have not taken any official notice of it yet, only at the last meeting X believe ther passed a res olution of regret or something of that kind." As to why he resignedthe reverend father said he was weary trying to awaken and keep up a society that had no life and no ambition. The Historical Society, he said, was a second edition of tbe Old Residents' Association that was formed in 79, and could be a representative society of its kind in the United States if the members would only take some interest in the preparation of papers to be read and Inviting new members to p'oin the organization. Jfather Lambing said he had endeavured by every possible manner to put life into tbe society, but he found it an impossibility. The gentlemen who belong to it are too bnsy with business to be interested to any great extent in the previous history of the State, too much occupied with the present, to care lor tbe past The last meeting of the club was called by Mr. John C. Porter, who is acting as Secretary. Father Lambing said be had prepared a great many papers for the socie ty, over which he would spend time and thought, and would go to the meeting to find only a handml of gentlemen to listen to the reading of the paper, which showed a lack of appreciation on the part of the mem bers of the society. The gentleman said he was ready to re sume labors in the society whenever it showed signs of resurrection, and would oc casionally send them a paper while it re mained in its lethargic condition. COMING 0TEB TO THE STEIKEES. Some of tbe Light Company's Hen Say They Did Not Knorr the Facts. Six employes of the Allegheny County Light Company, who have been filling the places of the strikers, were present at a meeting oi the Strike Committee last even ing. They were from Cleveland and other points, and explained that the stories of the strike related to them by the company's officials and by the strikers were so much at variance that they desired to make an ex planation of how they had come to the city. They said that they had been on strike in Cleveland and had come on here on the rep resentations of a Mr. Miller, an official of the company, that there was no serious diffi culty on hand. Arriving here, they had put up at the American House, where they were waited upon by a man who said that he was from the union, who told them that tbe diihcultv between the company and the men bad nothing to do with any trade or ganizations. Satisfied on this score, for they themselves were members of a Western Electrical Union, they turned into wsrk next morning. Tbe committee explained the true cause and standing of the difficulty, and the visit ors expressed their intention of appearing at the full meeting of the union on next Friday night As a result of statements distributed among the carbon setters and linemen, outlining the exact condition of the affair, it is said that a number of the men now at work will be present at the Fri day meeting. CAUGHT 15 THE KOLDS, Mary Williams Had Her Arm Badly Lacer ated. Mary Williams, a girl of 16 years, resid ing on South Sixth street, while employed yesterday afternoon in the Soutbside Laun dry, on Carson street, near Twentieth, in regulating some part of the machinery in cidental to her work had her right hand and the arm. as far as the elbow, drawn wiiDin tne roiis, ana Daaiy lacerated and crushed. She was taken to the Sonthside Hospital and treated by th' staff. The doc tors do not express any fear for unfavor able consequences. THE OLDEST EESIDENT. Mrs. Mary Mannall, 104 Tears Old, Dies Peacefully In Braddock. Mrs. Mary Mnnhall, who was supposed to be the oldest person living in Allegheny county, died at noon yesterday, in Brad dock, at the age of 104. She had been con fined to her bed only four days. The weight of years was alone the cause of her demise. Until almost the last day of life she was nimble, clear oi brain, acute in sight and keen in appetite. She was the mother of five children, had 38 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Sleeplessnesn Dr. Flint's Remedy is the best remedy known for insomnia, or sleeplessness, which affects so many persons, and which leads to so many seri ous nervous diseases, particularly to insanitr. Descriptive treatise with each bottle; or ad dress Mack Drug Co., H. Y. JtWT The ladies all admire Pearson's cabinet photos. Why is this? Simply because they are always judges of good work. Take your children to him. He will please yon. The Iron City Brewing Co. (formerly F. & V.), are experiencing a constant increase in the demand for their ale and porter. Kept by all dealers. Sick headache cured in 15 minutes by using according to directions Fred. Brown's Ginger. Get tbe genuine at your druggists. -CA2INE5S,S- Weakness, Indisposition to Work, Headache, Dullness, Heaviness, Lack of Appetite, Constipation, all Indicate that yon need a few doses of the genuine Dr. McLano's Celebrated LIYER PILLS. They strengthen the weak and purify the BLOOD. They are prepared from the purest materials and put up with the great est care by FLEMING BROS., Pittsburg, Pa, Be sure you get tbe genuine. Count erfeits are made in St Louis. Jy8-srwr INFLUENZA Is very contagious to people suffering from Ir ritation of the throat. By using the celebrated SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, this unfailing remedy for sore throat, coughs, catarrh and hoarseness, you can protectyour selves ag.iinst this dreaded disease. Every body should keep a box of SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, In the house. Sold by all druggists at 25c and 50c a box. Pamphlets sent gratis on application by the Soden Mineral Springs Co., Lim'td. 15 CEDAR ST., NEW YORK. ia2-TVB CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS-A FRESH AR RIVAL lust in. The best clear for $7 per hundred; qualitv guaranteed. For sale by JOHK A RES SHAW A CO, Fancy Grocers, corner Liberty and Ninth streets. de4-ws CIGAR CABINETS FOR CHRISTMAS gifts, hermetically sealed, so as to preserve the Clears fresh and moist from heat of natural eras. For salo by JOHN A RENSHAW & CO., Fancy Grocers, cor, Liberty and Ninth. I streets. , dei-ws MEMBEES. The Annual Meeting Adjourned for One Week to Allow Preparation of Reports An Interesting; Statement From Miss Maemm Cheap Books Msklnc Trouble. The members of the Pittsburg Library met yesterday afternoon in tbe parlors of the library for the purpose of holding the annual meeting. Although an unusually full representa tion of members was present to hear the re port of tbe committee which has in charge the redemption of the building from the mortgage inenbus, it was found necessary to postpone the meeting for one week on ac count of the amount of canvassing yet to ba performed. Mis M. F. Macrum, the Librarian, sub mitted the following report at the usual meeting of the library members: Number of volumes in library Jannary 1. 18i9. 21.501; added by purchase in 1869,214; added by donation. 241: added by bindinz periodicals, 24: total increase, 479; present num-v her of volumes, 21.9S0. Membership Number of members on books January 1,1889. 811: new members added, ITS; number withdrawn by notice. 92; number re moved by death or change. 120; life members. 24; honorary members, 4; total membership, Circulation Number of volumes withdraws during 18S9. 13.840. Donations The thanks of the Library are duo to A. F. Keating, Miss E. Darlington, Dr. Mullor Mrs. J. F. Hudou, Hon. John Dalzell, Hon. Thomas Ewing, for books donated, and to Charles J. Clarke and B. A. Elliott, for plants and flowers to brichten the readme; room. In predentin; the year's report we are grati fied to be able to say that the demand for scien tific, philosophical and bi'torical works has noticeably Increased: even though e must ad mit that the general circulation is smaller year by year. The cause for this we find In the cheap paper books sold at so many stcres-not really in tho book trade. Respectfully, II. F. Macbujt, Librarian. S. L. Fleishman, Treasurer of the Pitt burg Library, reports $397 75 on hand. Runaway Horses. Eobert Weelin, ofWeelin Bros., was driving a team of horses along Penn ave nue. The horses took fright, and ran along the avenue, doing a little damage to a gas lamp, and knocking one of Burns & Ale. Cabe's drivers down, badly injuring him. Officer J. B. Thompson subsequently broncht the horses to bay. JDS. HDRNE I CD5' PENN AVENUE STORES.' Pittsbubg, Wednesday, January 15, 18801 Our annual opening of GLXGHAM3 is becoming a greater event every year. One of the events of the season that Pittsburg and Allegheny people have come to look forward to. Pardon a little boasting self praise modestly put. We opened our Ginghams one week ago to-day. Up to yesterday evening, five selling days. During those five days The tales doubled those of the first five days last year. During those five days The tales equaled the sales of all Jan uary two years ago. There are reasons and they are get ting better and better known. . x , w A mark that has meaning. MANUFACTURED Br DAVID& -JOHN -ANDERSON GLASGOW 'i his first invoice of Anderson's miki3 a big stock in Itself. The handsomest, too, that tbis renowned factory ever produced. These are our flrst choice from their great stock. Early buyers set the benefit of our best taste. There is every reason for bemz among the early buyers. No words ara necessary i tx praise of or aa a guarantee of the genuine, ness and qual ity of Oing. hams bcarinz this mark. It will be found on every piece of Anderson's Scotch Zephyr Ginghams. " One of the popular notions is the extra width and borders in Plain Col ored and Black Zephyrs wide enough for full skirt without piecing. Lace Stripe and Embroidery Stripe Zephyrs come in the finer Scotch novel ties. The beautiful Tartan Plaids shown in Woolens, shown in Silks, and now shown in Ginghams. No fabric shows these popular styles brighter or mora effective. There are Satin Stripe Ginghams. There are extra rich Ginghams. There are styles innumerable. OUR NEW STOCK (50 styles) of 12Kc Ginghams is now ready better values than ever before, and such de ceptive copies of the finer Zephyrs. Not "theft" or "plagiarism" just mads with all the "appearance" of fine goods and only 12Jc a yard. . SATINES: A complete new stock ot the fines French Satines at 30c, 35c and 87e a yard. Not an inch of old goods will ba offered you every niece and every style of the hundreds entirely new, abso lutely this season's stock. See the great new combination Rich French Green ground, with flowers and figures in Amethyst. Beautiful combinations with Black. Beautiful combinations in all popular shades and colors. Aud lastly, tbe lowest possible prices on the new Satines. Keep INDIA SILKS aboomiog. New goods arriving daily. New 68c ones (27-lncb, real Shang. hai). New eoc ones (Black and White, and rich colorings). JDS. HDRNE I CO., 609-621 PENN AVE. PITTSBURG LIBRARY - fc M ? liv &: la